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  • Washington State of the State: Governor Inslee Repeats Demand for Destructive Carbon Tax image

    Washington State of the State: Governor Inslee Repeats Demand for Destructive Carbon Tax

    In addition to a massive carbon tax, Governor Inslee called for workforce development initiatives, healthcare regulations, and myriad new social regulations. In aggregate, this big government agenda would impede the business climate and economic growth of the state.

  • California State of the State: A High Speed Train of Taxes and Spending image

    California State of the State: A High Speed Train of Taxes and Spending

    California Governor Jerry Brown boldly championed an unabashedly liberal agenda throughout his 16th—and final—State of the State address. The governor declared, “California is prospering,” a stark turnaround from the economic…

  • Proposed Tax Increases Threaten to Stunt Oklahoma Recovery image

    Proposed Tax Increases Threaten to Stunt Oklahoma Recovery

    The Oklahoma legislature is considering tax increases on cigarettes, beer, and fuel, along with doubling the severance tax on new oil and natural gas wells. The estimated…

  • U.S. International Trade Commission Decision Is Blatant Protectionism image

    U.S. International Trade Commission Decision Is Blatant Protectionism

    On Friday the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that solar panel manufacturers Suniva and SolarWorld experienced serious injury due to overseas competition. This decision is the result of a…

  • The state policy “nuclear renaissance” image

    The state policy “nuclear renaissance”

    A state policy “nuclear renaissance” is underway. In 2007, states considered a total of 27 bills pertaining in some way to nuclear energy. By 2011, this number leaped to 204.

  • ITC Hearing Discusses Merits and Woes of Solar Panel Tariffs image

    ITC Hearing Discusses Merits and Woes of Solar Panel Tariffs

    The International Trade Commission hosted a public hearing this morning to discuss grounds for possible tariffs on Asian solar imports. Two U.S. solar manufacturing powerhouses, Suniva Inc. and SolarWinds of…

  • Energy Innovation: A Key to All of the Above Jobs image

    Energy Innovation: A Key to All of the Above Jobs

    Conservative clean energy innovation that focuses on clean coal, nuclear, and hydro power is, “an economic opportunity, a huge job creator,” says conservative businessman Jay Faison.

  • Solar Panels, from Sea to Shining Sea? image

    Solar Panels, from Sea to Shining Sea?

    Whether or not a grand southern border wall solar installation can pay for itself through electricity sales is difficult to predict in the absence of clear, specific proposals and construction plans.

  • Opening The Door For Nuclear image

    Opening The Door For Nuclear

    Over the past two decades, many states have taken steps to include more “renewable” energy resources in their state portfolios. Ideally, states would simultaneously pursue environmental protection and economic vitality…

  • State of the State: California image

    State of the State: California

    The governor is right: we cannot “construct some alternate universe of non-facts that we find more pleasing.” California’s economic outlook currently ranks 46th nationally, according to Rich States, Poor States. Ignoring the impending fiscal collapse due to unfunded pension liabilities, failing to reduce the onerous tax burden, and pretending that a state carbon emissions crackdown will alter global climate only will force others to flee Governor Brown’s vision of the future.

  • At Long Last—A Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL image

    At Long Last—A Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL

    President Trump granted the permit necessary to complete the Keystone XL Pipeline. Traversing almost 1,200 miles between northern Alberta and refineries on the Texas gulf coast, the pipeline is expected to…

  • State of the State: Hawaii image

    State of the State: Hawaii

    One of the highest personal income tax rates in the nation and the highest sales tax burden in the nation, and forced unionization all contribute to Hawaii’s 42nd place economic outlook ranking according to ALEC’s annual Rich States, Poor States publication.

  • Carbon Tax Straight Talk image

    Carbon Tax Straight Talk

    Shultz and Baker label a massive tax increase and economic meddling by the federal government as “embodying the conservative principles of free markets and limited government” but this carbon tax will needlessly further distort energy markets, harm consumers, expand government bureaucracy, and have minimal (if any) effect on global climate change. For these reasons, ALEC remains steadfastly opposed to “all Federal and state efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.”

  • The Stream Protection Rule Gets Axed image

    The Stream Protection Rule Gets Axed

    While traveling about the country on his post-election thank you tour, President-elect Donald J. Trump frequently remarked that he and his supporters had together “made history.” Just four weeks…

  • Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor Hogan’s Veto, Expands Renewable Portfolio Standard image

    Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor Hogan’s Veto, Expands Renewable Portfolio Standard

    As much of the nation’s attention remains fixated on the opening weeks of the Trump presidency, state legislatures around the country continue their work writing, debating and implementing policy, some…

  • Climate Change: Who is in Denial, and About What? image

    Climate Change: Who is in Denial, and About What?

    President Trump’s nominees consistently stated climate change represents a risk; it is not a hoax; human activity contributes; the United States should be part of the conversation about global policy responses.

  • President Trump Seeks to Jumpstart Construction of Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines image

    President Trump Seeks to Jumpstart Construction of Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    On Tuesday morning, President Donald J. Trump signed two memoranda seeking to jump start construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. This news should come as no surprise…

  • Elon Musk Loves Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State, and it Makes Perfect Sense image

    Elon Musk Loves Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State, and it Makes Perfect Sense

    Tech publications are expressing shock over Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent tweets in support of President Trump’s Secretary of State nominee, Rex Tillerson. Musk is the alternative energy…

  • All of the Above Jobs image

    All of the Above Jobs

    "All of the Above Jobs" can create prosperity and improve environmental quality.

  • Policy for the Environment, Not Government image

    Policy for the Environment, Not Government

    Given a choice, the environmental left will choose government over solving what it claims are urgent environmental challenges. The case of Washington state’s recent, failed I-732 ballot measure demonstrates this…